Inside City Hall: Reading The Labour Council Tea Leaves

The Globe’s Inside City Hall has the full rundown on the endorsements from the Toronto and York Region Labour Council, beginning with mayoral candidate Joe Pantalone:

“The umbrella union group has endorsed 18 council candidates, 12 of whom are lefty incumbents in seats safer than a not-your-average-Joe condom. (One exception: Ward 8, where NDP stalwart Anthony Perruzza faces Peter Li Preti, the long-time councillor he narrowly defeated in 2006.) The Labour Council’s six other choices reveal where the union/NDP machine plans to shift into overdrive come fall.

In two cases, the Labour Council is trying to take down incumbents. They’ve endorsed Mohamed Dhanani in Ward 26 Don Valley West, currently held by former PC MPP John Parker. Mr. Parker narrowly defeated Mr. Dhanani in 2006 in a crowded field vying for Jane Pitfield’s old seat. This time, most of those ex-candidates have coalesced around Mr. Dhanani. A win here would be significant because it would flip a seat from right to (sort-of) left.”

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